Why Mow Your Retention Pond?

Impervious areas such as streets, sidewalks, parking lots and rooftops prevent rainfall from soaking into the ground. Instead, rainfall becomes stormwater runoff by flowing across these impervious surfaces without penetrating and soaking through them into the ground beneath. The resulting runoff gathers various pollutants, such as oils, fuel, fertilizers, fecal matter and other chemicals and flow into our streams, creeks, rivers and lakes polluting our waters.

Each Commercial Property, HOA and Industrial Park is responsible for Stormwater Management and for maintaining their own Retention Ponds / Detention Ponds to maintain our waterways.

Mowing and keeping your retention pond cut and inspected ensures that your pond is working properly by retaining and cleaning the pollutants from your property.